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Melongena corona American Crown Conch, Floria Crown Conch

Melongena corona is commonly referred to as American Crown Conch, Floria Crown Conch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Melongena coron,Florida Crown Conch aggregation,,Manasota Key, Lemon Bay, Florida,January 2015


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lexID:
14413 
AphiaID:
420061 
Scientific:
Melongena corona 
German:
Amerikanische Kronenschnecke, Florida Kronenschnecke 
English:
American Crown Conch, Floria Crown Conch 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Melongenidae (Family) > Melongena (Genus) > corona (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Florida, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, USA 
Sea depth:
0,3 - 1 Meter 
Size:
up to 4.72" (12 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-01-23 13:38:22 

Info

Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)

The American Crown Conch prey on other gastropod molluscs ans bivalves and mussels, and is a scavenger.

Synonymised names:
Cassidula corona (Gmelin, 1791)
Fusus bicolor Say, 1826 (original combination)
Hemifusus corona (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
Hemifusus corona var. estephomenos Melvill, 1881
Hemifusus corona var. minor G. B. Sowerby III, 1879
Melongena altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934
Melongena belknapi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852
Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826)
Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 (junior synonym)
Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1826) (junior synonym)
Melongena corona f. altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 (original combination)
Melongena corona johnstonei Clench & Turner, 1956
Melongena corona perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934
Melongena perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934
Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994
Murex corona Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Direct children (7):
Subspecies Melongena corona corona (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Melongena corona winnerae Petuch, 2003
Subspecies Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (junior synonym)
Subspecies Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1826) accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (junior synonym)
Forma Melongena corona f. altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Subspecies Melongena corona johnstonei Clench & Turner, 1956 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Melongena corona perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 23.01.2022.

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Commonly

Melongena corona sprucecreekensis Tucker, 1994, 163mm, 2020
Melongena corona,Florida Crown Conch aggregation,aggregation,Marco Island, Florida,January 2015
Melongena corona,Florida Crown Conch aggregation,aggregation,Marco Island, Florida,January 2015
Melongena coron,Florida Crown Conch aggregation,,Manasota Key, Lemon Bay, Florida,January 2015

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